Screening and Treatment of Tuberculosis in a Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program

Hyung Kon Lee, Harvey Bluestone, and Richard FrancesAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Volume 45, Number 8

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.8.759

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Methadone maintenance programs are ideal sites for the screening and ongoing treatment of tuberculosis because of their high rate of patient retention and the high incidence of infection with tuberculosis among the patients they treat. In addition to providing methadone and counseling, methadone maintenance programs must be prepared to provide primary care and treatment of the medical complications of intravenous drug use.

At present, shortages of methadone maintenance programs and treatment slots leave tens of thousands of people who desperately need treatment without access to treatment services. Increased funding to expand methadone maintenance programs and improvement of the quality of medical and psychiatric services in those programs are urgently needed.

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Psychiatric Services

Volume 45 • Number 8 • August 1994

Pages: 759 - 764

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Published in print: August 1994

Published online: 1 April 2006

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Hyung Kon Lee

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Harvey Bluestone

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Richard Frances

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Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, 1276 Fulton Avenue, 5th Floor, Bronx, New York 10456; Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital; Albert Einstein College of medicine

Hackensack (N.J.) Medical Center; University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

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Screening and Treatment of Tuberculosis in a Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program

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